In short, it didn't work out like he had hoped. Sure, we imagine it was said in the very best of faith, but it hasn't worked - and Van Gaal is out of a job a year before his contract was up.

And they're all to do with LVG's expansive, attacking football... (stop laughing at the back).

(Image: Alex Morton - The FA)

"He's got incredible energy and very importantly he likes attacking football," said Woodward back in July 2014.

"If you remember the Barcelona team he managed in the late 90s, they played incredible, attacking football, and those games we had against them in 98/99, that's the kind of football Manchester United fans love. It's part of our DNA."